Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Paul Scharner looks set to leave the JJB Stadium with Sunderland joining Fulham in a £3m race for the Austrian. (Daily Star)
  
  
• Hull City want Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi and have offered £1.2m for the Finn. (Various)
  
  
• Sean Davis is close to agreeing a £2m move from Portsmouth to Middlesbrough. (Daily Mail)
  
  
• Jose Mourinho has made Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole his top target after becoming the new manager at Inter Milan. (Daily Star)
  
  
• Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he will quit Manchester United within a year to realise his dream of becoming a Real Madrid player. (Various)
  
  
• Arsenal and Tottenham will do battle over Valencia striker David Villa, who has been made available for around £17m. (Daily Telegraph)
  
  
• Striker Dean Ashton is set to sign a new five-year, £50,000 a week contract with West Ham. (The Sun)
  
  
• Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has told Liverpool they will need to pay £8m, plus striker Peter Crouch in exchange for midfielder Gareth Barry. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Reds boss Rafael Benitez will make an improved offer worth around £15m for the England midfielder. (Daily Mail)
  
  
• Turkey midfielder Arda Turkan is a £7m target for Newcastle. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Bolton are ready to battle it out with Newcastle and Aston Villa for Tottenham's £4m-rated defender Michael Dawson. (Various)
  
  
• Honduran striker Carlo Costly is a £2m target for Wigan. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Derby manager Paul Jewell has agreed to pay Sheffield United £1.75m for striker Rob Hulse. (Various)
  
  
• Premier League new boys Hull and Stoke are both chasing highly-rated Danish defender Magnus Troest. (Daily Star)

• Mark Hughes as agreed a three-year contract worth £9m to take over as manager of Manchester City. (Various)
  
  
• Rick Parry's position as Liverpool chief executive could be under threat after co-owner Tom Hicks approached Man City's Alistair Mackintosh about taking over at the Anfield club. (Various)
  
  
• Arsene Wenger has said Arsenal can win "everything" next season. (Daily Express)
  
  
• Roma manager Luciano Spalletti and Fiorentina boss Cesare Prandelli are the latest Italian names to be linked with the vacant manager's job at Chelsea after Carlo Ancelotti committed his future to AC Milan. (Various)
  
  
• West Ham and former Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg has launched a scathing attack on Wenger, accusing the Gunners boss of making him play while injured and likened his approach to that of the army. (Various)
  
  
• Blackpool boss Simon Grayson is being lined up by Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric to take over as the club's new manager. (Daily Mirror)

• Wayne Rooney has arrived in Ibiza for a four-day stag do with 16 friends and family and the Manchester United striker has hired a £20,000 villa. Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Steven Gerrard and Peter Crouch are thought to be meeting the England star out there along with boxer Ricky Hatton. (Various)
  
  
• A hotel in Manchester is sad to see Sven-Goran Eriksson leave Man City for Mexico after he racked up a £350,000 bill. The Swede had been staying in the £1,250 a night penthouse suite at the city centre hotel since September. (Daily Express)